diff --git a/hw/vfio/migration-multifd.h b/hw/vfio/migration-multifd.h
index a664051eb8ae03bc41cb7f9362ace840f41066ff..0bab63211d30cef04c50e50b3ea57840915ffc2a 100644
--- a/hw/vfio/migration-multifd.h
+++ b/hw/vfio/migration-multifd.h
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 #ifndef HW_VFIO_MIGRATION_MULTIFD_H
 #define HW_VFIO_MIGRATION_MULTIFD_H
 
-#include "hw/vfio/vfio-common.h"
+#include "hw/vfio/vfio-device.h"
 
 bool vfio_multifd_setup(VFIODevice *vbasedev, bool alloc_multifd, Error **errp);
 void vfio_multifd_cleanup(VFIODevice *vbasedev);
diff --git a/hw/vfio/pci.h b/hw/vfio/pci.h
index c84bba81487136d205ca30049c812d00e832c377..d33237c275551897164878705d44e7881c372ab0 100644
--- a/hw/vfio/pci.h
+++ b/hw/vfio/pci.h
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 #include "exec/memory.h"
 #include "hw/pci/pci_device.h"
-#include "hw/vfio/vfio-common.h"
+#include "hw/vfio/vfio-device.h"
 #include "qemu/event_notifier.h"
 #include "qemu/queue.h"
 #include "qemu/timer.h"
diff --git a/include/hw/s390x/vfio-ccw.h b/include/hw/s390x/vfio-ccw.h
index 4209d27657c1fbde44c160445396bcab3f3fd2b0..1e0922dca11e6caada08c2aae82bd3462ace35f5 100644
--- a/include/hw/s390x/vfio-ccw.h
+++ b/include/hw/s390x/vfio-ccw.h
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 #ifndef HW_VFIO_CCW_H
 #define HW_VFIO_CCW_H
 
-#include "hw/vfio/vfio-common.h"
+#include "hw/vfio/vfio-device.h"
 #include "hw/s390x/s390-ccw.h"
 #include "hw/s390x/ccw-device.h"
 #include "qom/object.h"
diff --git a/include/hw/vfio/vfio-common.h b/include/hw/vfio/vfio-device.h
similarity index 100%
rename from include/hw/vfio/vfio-common.h
rename to include/hw/vfio/vfio-device.h
diff --git a/include/hw/vfio/vfio-platform.h b/include/hw/vfio/vfio-platform.h
index 3191545717da51abc41d10cd3646cd047b4a676c..256d8500b70a2e985e975b0895e3cfca435ed8ed 100644
--- a/include/hw/vfio/vfio-platform.h
+++ b/include/hw/vfio/vfio-platform.h
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 #define HW_VFIO_VFIO_PLATFORM_H
 
 #include "hw/sysbus.h"
-#include "hw/vfio/vfio-common.h"
+#include "hw/vfio/vfio-device.h"
 #include "qemu/event_notifier.h"
 #include "qemu/queue.h"
 #include "qom/object.h"
diff --git a/backends/iommufd.c b/backends/iommufd.c
index d57da44755be3d7fdba74f7dbecfe6d1c89921ba..9587e4d99b131e88674326a5196cfd2079560430 100644
--- a/backends/iommufd.c
+++ b/backends/iommufd.c
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 #include "qemu/error-report.h"
 #include "monitor/monitor.h"
 #include "trace.h"
-#include "hw/vfio/vfio-common.h"
+#include "hw/vfio/vfio-device.h"
 #include <sys/ioctl.h>
 #include <linux/iommufd.h>
 
diff --git a/hw/vfio/ap.c b/hw/vfio/ap.c
index c7ab4ff57ada0ed0e5a76f52b5a05c86ca4fe0b4..4fdb74e33c427595a9b0a4d28b2b5a70df951e4e 100644
--- a/hw/vfio/ap.c
+++ b/hw/vfio/ap.c
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 #include <linux/vfio.h>
 #include <sys/ioctl.h>
 #include "qapi/error.h"
-#include "hw/vfio/vfio-common.h"
+#include "hw/vfio/vfio-device.h"
 #include "system/iommufd.h"
 #include "hw/s390x/ap-device.h"
 #include "qemu/error-report.h"
diff --git a/hw/vfio/ccw.c b/hw/vfio/ccw.c
index e5e0d9e3e7ed124f242b3eda345bc973e418a64c..a40169bc85e51406822247f5b3ef6da1f7f92881 100644
--- a/hw/vfio/ccw.c
+++ b/hw/vfio/ccw.c
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 #include <sys/ioctl.h>
 
 #include "qapi/error.h"
-#include "hw/vfio/vfio-common.h"
+#include "hw/vfio/vfio-device.h"
 #include "system/iommufd.h"
 #include "hw/s390x/s390-ccw.h"
 #include "hw/s390x/vfio-ccw.h"
diff --git a/hw/vfio/container-base.c b/hw/vfio/container-base.c
index 83e83ab9e67de8b004dfaf0067e4c466a6c88451..ace9de18103e8c1ed9f7a51adbf16c36be01bd7c 100644
--- a/hw/vfio/container-base.c
+++ b/hw/vfio/container-base.c
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 #include "qemu/error-report.h"
 #include "system/reset.h"
 #include "hw/vfio/vfio-container-base.h"
-#include "hw/vfio/vfio-common.h" /* for vfio_device_list */
+#include "hw/vfio/vfio-device.h" /* for vfio_device_list */
 #include "trace.h"
 
 static QLIST_HEAD(, VFIOAddressSpace) vfio_address_spaces =
diff --git a/hw/vfio/container.c b/hw/vfio/container.c
index e88dfe12edd6dee469c06ee2e46ab9c8b5019ae7..e300d2d90f2fbde329609b7c63245c523766fb60 100644
--- a/hw/vfio/container.c
+++ b/hw/vfio/container.c
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 #include <sys/ioctl.h>
 #include <linux/vfio.h>
 
-#include "hw/vfio/vfio-common.h"
+#include "hw/vfio/vfio-device.h"
 #include "exec/address-spaces.h"
 #include "exec/memory.h"
 #include "exec/ram_addr.h"
diff --git a/hw/vfio/cpr.c b/hw/vfio/cpr.c
index e1bba1726402f41ee394f25b6e613d27f44b2a2c..43b99680f6d7db27c4d7e518520aef5ade2ebcf4 100644
--- a/hw/vfio/cpr.c
+++ b/hw/vfio/cpr.c
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  */
 
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
-#include "hw/vfio/vfio-common.h"
+#include "hw/vfio/vfio-device.h"
 #include "migration/misc.h"
 #include "qapi/error.h"
 #include "system/runstate.h"
diff --git a/hw/vfio/device.c b/hw/vfio/device.c
index e6a1bbcda2297f9e6272fff9b1c228b6772457ce..0d443b53d23d392729cef84e419d3e089fe64298 100644
--- a/hw/vfio/device.c
+++ b/hw/vfio/device.c
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
 #include <sys/ioctl.h>
 
-#include "hw/vfio/vfio-common.h"
+#include "hw/vfio/vfio-device.h"
 #include "hw/vfio/pci.h"
 #include "hw/hw.h"
 #include "trace.h"
diff --git a/hw/vfio/dirty-tracking.c b/hw/vfio/dirty-tracking.c
index 447e09ed84993e3fbe1ed9b27a8269a9f0f46339..143cc5cf62b0165565e91f8a2ca166026f16b1eb 100644
--- a/hw/vfio/dirty-tracking.c
+++ b/hw/vfio/dirty-tracking.c
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 #include <sys/ioctl.h>
 #include <linux/vfio.h>
 
-#include "hw/vfio/vfio-common.h"
+#include "hw/vfio/vfio-device.h"
 #include "hw/vfio/pci.h"
 #include "exec/memory.h"
 #include "exec/ram_addr.h"
diff --git a/hw/vfio/helpers.c b/hw/vfio/helpers.c
index e99d312a9f5c7462644ea3d0de2e9de38979f851..b7907aab80f8adb308ebae60baa20c911d9393d7 100644
--- a/hw/vfio/helpers.c
+++ b/hw/vfio/helpers.c
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 #include <sys/ioctl.h>
 
 #include "system/kvm.h"
-#include "hw/vfio/vfio-common.h"
+#include "hw/vfio/vfio-device.h"
 #include "hw/hw.h"
 #include "qapi/error.h"
 #include "helpers.h"
diff --git a/hw/vfio/iommufd.c b/hw/vfio/iommufd.c
index 9335a17920b32dc2bf9cb4eeb2b8f57382f14ac8..7f354d86cd14270a70dc990860ad5b69f0310719 100644
--- a/hw/vfio/iommufd.c
+++ b/hw/vfio/iommufd.c
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 #include <linux/vfio.h>
 #include <linux/iommufd.h>
 
-#include "hw/vfio/vfio-common.h"
+#include "hw/vfio/vfio-device.h"
 #include "qemu/error-report.h"
 #include "trace.h"
 #include "qapi/error.h"
diff --git a/hw/vfio/migration-multifd.c b/hw/vfio/migration-multifd.c
index 285f9a9a18dd8f0847ac5ac3fdaa304779a2d0db..1ba703e595db99f3786bfc1a2edeb0e061f9e01b 100644
--- a/hw/vfio/migration-multifd.c
+++ b/hw/vfio/migration-multifd.c
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
  */
 
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
-#include "hw/vfio/vfio-common.h"
+#include "hw/vfio/vfio-device.h"
 #include "hw/vfio/vfio-migration.h"
 #include "migration/misc.h"
 #include "qapi/error.h"
diff --git a/hw/vfio/migration.c b/hw/vfio/migration.c
index 6fd825e435bde96d1008ec03dfaba25db3b616fc..338fafb83f41460e0c244dcc27524198322eec67 100644
--- a/hw/vfio/migration.c
+++ b/hw/vfio/migration.c
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 #include <sys/ioctl.h>
 
 #include "system/runstate.h"
-#include "hw/vfio/vfio-common.h"
+#include "hw/vfio/vfio-device.h"
 #include "hw/vfio/vfio-migration.h"
 #include "migration/misc.h"
 #include "migration/savevm.h"
diff --git a/hw/vfio/region.c b/hw/vfio/region.c
index 87bf5e046a432dfedf3be3c1c7e8f33e006da004..ade4466eb622248b5aa50f9df7e5c683bfa78a11 100644
--- a/hw/vfio/region.c
+++ b/hw/vfio/region.c
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
 #include <sys/ioctl.h>
 
-#include "hw/vfio/vfio-common.h"
-#include "hw/vfio/pci.h"
+#include "hw/vfio/vfio-region.h"
+#include "hw/vfio/vfio-device.h"
 #include "hw/hw.h"
 #include "trace.h"
 #include "qapi/error.h"
